Articles by Kaitlyn Vadenais


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Blooming Businesses in Westminster

Just last week a poor soul believed that McDaniel College had the only bookstore in Westminster. When Locust Book Store on Main Street went out of business a little over…


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Sex on the Hill: Tech-ually Active

When the topic of sex arises, most think of an intimate, physical act between two people. Yet, in this new age of technology, couples have found more ways to get…


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Profile: Lisa Breslin

Over the summer, a new Associate Dean of Student Academic Life was chosen- Lisa Breslin. For many years, Breslin was the director of the Writing Center, which I am sure…


Si5s: A Club For All

How many people on this campus know ASL? Walking around campus, it is hard not to notice students and faculty signing to one another instead of speaking. American Sign Language…



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Program aims to make students wiser about alcohol use

This year, McDaniel College joins countless other colleges and universities in requiring freshmen students to take an online alcohol education course prior to beginning classes. This 90-minute course measures include…



Where in Westminster: Simple Shadows

The afternoon sun seeps through the room’s windows, framing the plants upon the cushioned ledge. Simply serene as it is, I knew I wanted a photograph. I’m afraid my skills…


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Watch Instantly: Netflix Updates

Thousands of movies are on Netflix to watch instantly and more than half of them are crap. As a Netflix and film fanatic, I claw through the pile of bad…



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Bastion: Prepare to Rebuild!

The first game rising from Supergiant Games is the indie game, Bastion. Some people think that “indie games” is another way of saying games that are not mainstream, or worse,…


New Dance Team on Campus

One of the newest groups on campus is the McDaniel Dance Team. Directed by sophomore Shelby Toler, the novelty of the group has no correlation with the goals that the…




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Father Roy Bourgeois Speaks at Zepp Lecture

On Thursday, Sept. 22, McDaniel hosted “The Inaugural Ira G. Zepp Jr. Memorial Lecture.” This is the first lecture held by the college in memory of Ira G. Zepp Jr.,…


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Eleven Minutes that Changed Baseball

Sports Illustrated baseball writer Joe Posnanski once said “I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. But then, suddenly it isn’t. And that’s why…


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Camping for a Cause

On Thursday, Sept. 22, students and faculty gathered to raise awareness about the devastating effects of Malaria in Africa during McDaniel’s Night of Nets. Although the mission of the night…


Adjusting to life in Eastern Europe

Getting up early and racing to catch trains and buses to get to school. Sounds like I’m a kid in New York City, right? No, I’m actually in Budapest, Hungary,…